"Copperhead" Democrat Daniel Voorhees of Indiana is removed from his congressional seat

02/23/1866

Congressman Daniel Voohees of Indiana, a leading "Copperhead" Democrat during the war, had been re-elected to his seat the previous November but, though now sitting in Congress, faced a challenge from his opponent, Henry D. Washburn, who claimed that fraudulent voting had effected the result. The House debated for several hours and then voted 87-37 on the motion that Washburn, a Republican former Union combat general, was entitled to the seat. Washburn was seated officially the same day. (By John Osborne)